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Judge refuses to delay Mose Jefferson's bribery trial
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/judge_refuses_to_delay_mose_je.html
by The Associated Press
Thursday July 16, 2009, 1:22 PM

NEW ORLEANS -- A federal judge has refused to postpone a bribery trial for a former Louisiana congressman's brother until after his trial for a separate racketeering conspiracy case.

Mose Jefferson's trial on charges he bribed a former New Orleans school board president for her support in awarding a school contract is scheduled to start Aug. 10.

In a court filing Wednesday, Jefferson's attorney said former state Rep. Renee Gill Pratt would be a key witness for Jefferson's defense in the bribery case, but she is unable to testify because she also has been charged in the racketeering case and is awaiting a trial of her own.

U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon didn't explain Wednesday why she denied Jefferson's request for a delay.


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